“The real origin of science fiction lay in the seventeeth-century novels of exploration in fabulous lands. Therefore Jules Verne's story of travel to the moon is not science fiction because they go by rocket but because of where they go. It would be as much science fiction if they went by rubber band.” IfsRealStoriesWould BeFictionNovelLandCenturyMoonBandScience FictionLaysExplorationFabulousRocketsRubberRubber Bands Author:Philip K. Dick
“If my setting is new to a reader, or the concerns of the novel are new, I hope they will learn something about the world. I would like to say that they can trust that what they do learn in the novel will be accurate, because I pay a lot of attention to facts. I do a lot of research to make sure that I'm not giving them, you know, blue moons of Jupiter. It's not science fiction.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingFactsPayAttentionFictionNovelReaderMoonResearchConcernBlueScience FictionSettingSettingsAccurateJupiterBlue Moon Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I think a colony in space will take much longer than sci fiction writers think. It costs $10,000 to put a pound of anything into near earth orbit. That is your weight in gold. It costs about $100,000 a pound to put you on the moon. And it costs $1,000,000 a pound to put you on Mars.” ThinkingEarthSpaceFictionCostMoonGoldWeightPoundsSci FiMarsColonyFiction WritersOrbit Author:Michio Kaku
“...fiction is made out of the writer's experience, his whole life from infancy on, everything he's thought and done and seen and read and dreamed. But experience isn't something you go and get - it's a gift, and the only prerequisite for receiving it is that you be open to it. A closed soul can have the most immense adventures, go through a civil war or a trip to the moon, and have nothing to show for all that "experience"; whereas the open soul can do wonders with nothing.” MadeWarSoulDoneWholeShowsCan DoFictionWonderAdventureMoonWhole LifeCivil WarReceivingImmenseInfancyPrerequisites Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.” ThinkingHumansFilmNextHuman BeingsFictionPiecesSpecialEffectsMoonScience FictionThese DaysThe Next OneSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones